The babies died from hospital-acquired infections, a reflection of deeper issues with Tunisia’s health care system, long considered one of the best in Africa but struggling since the 2011 revolution. Tags: News, Africa, Hospitals, Tunisia, Infant Mortality, Infections

Two-year-old Marcie Tadman was seen by seven doctors at Royal United hospital in BathA two-year-old girl died as a result of neglect after the gross failure of doctors to diagnose sepsis, a coroner has ruled.Marcie Tadman was treated for pneumonia at the Royal United hospital (RUH) in Bath and was seen by seven doctors. She died after a cardiac arrest. Continue reading... Tags: Health, Society, UK News, Hospitals, NHS, Bristol, BathA, Marcie Tadman, Royal United, Royal United hospital RUH

In an effort to encourage hospitals to provide better care, the federal government penalizes those institutions that have had the highest rates of infections, readmissions and patient injuries. Under the Affordable Care Act, the government reduces Medicare payments to these hospitals by as much as 3 percent per…Read more... Tags: Hospitals, Healthcare, Affordable Care Act, Medicare, Lifehacks

New findings cast doubts on advice to administer 80% oxygen to patients after operationsPatients may have been placed at risk of serious harm because of flawed advice to administer highly concentrated oxygen after surgery, leading anaesthetists have said.The concerns relate to World Health Organization guidelines to administer 80% oxygen to patients in the hours after an operation. The advice was introduced in 2016 after a series of influential clinical trials led by an Italian surgeon, Mario Sc... Tags: Health, Europe, Society, UK News, World news, Hospitals, Italy, World Health Organization, Mario Schietroma

I write a lot of articles about the revenue cycle in hospitals. In some of them, it looks like I’m picking on chief financial officers. True, I’m the guy who wrote an article telling CFO’s that I don’t want their job. I also wrote an article discussing why hospital CFO’s don’t hire consultants like me […] Tags: Leadership, Hospitals, Health Care, Revenue Cycle, Health Care Consulting, hospital CFOs

NHS investigating deaths in neonatal unit at Princess Royal maternity hospitalTwo premature babies have died after contracting a bloodstream infection at a Glasgow hospital, prompting the third infection control crisis to hit the city’s health service within two weeks.NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde confirmed on Wednesday night that it was investigating three cases in the neonatal unit at the Princess Royal maternity hospital. It said the infection was “one of a number of contributing causes” in t... Tags: Health, Scotland, UK News, Hospitals, NHS, Glasgow, Clyde, Princess Royal